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The manner in which a person performs any or all of the activities of daily life is known as ____________.Behavior
Mental health can be defined as the person's ability to:cope with and adjust to the recurrent stresses of everyday living.
______ _________ consists of a pattern of behaviors that are conspicuous, threatening, and disruptive of relationships or that deviate from behaviors that are socially and culturally acceptable?Mental illness
What percentage of people in the US will develop a mental health disorder in their lifetime?50%
In humoral theory, air, fire, water and earth correspond with which body fluids?Blood, yellow bile, phlegm and black bile
What is the English word for a place of confusion and disorder?Bedlam
When did psychiatry become a separate branch of medicine?Last half of the 18th century
What was the name of the first psychiatric hospital in the US?Eastern Psychiatric Hospital in Williamsburg, Virginia
Who is the father of American psychiatry?Dr. Benjamin Rush
Who wrote "A mind that found itself?"Clifford Beers
The Committee for Mental Hygiene formed in which year?1909
What is a lobotomy?Surgical procedure in which the frontal lobes are severed from the thalamus
What was the purpose of a lobotomy?To eliminate violent behaviors
The introduction of ________ allowed patients to be treated in a regular hospital settingPsychotherapeutic drugs
What was responsible for drastically reducing funding for the mental health system in 1981?Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
Most people have an innate ability to heal themselves that is influenced by ______ _______.Mental attitude
What are on opposite ends of the mental health continuum?Mental health and mental illness
What does the midpoint on the mental health continuum represent?Normal mental health
Which components are assessed to determine a patient's placement on the continuum?Positive self-concept Awareness of responsibility Maintenance of satisfying relationships Adaptability to change Effective communication Problem solving
Mental illness is the result of:Inability to cope with a situation that the individual finds overwhelming
What does personality consist of?Patterns of mental, emotional, and behavioral traits
According to Freud, personality development has 3 parts:id, ego, superego
What is the aim of the id?Pleasure and avoidance of pain
The ego mediates between:the self, and rest of environment
According to Freud, which part of the personality experiences anxiety?The ego
According to Freud, what is the moralistic censoring force?The superego
Which part of the personality develops in response to reward or punishment from other people?The superego
What is responsible for screening certain thoughts and and repressing unpleasant thoughts and desires?The preconscious state
What is the most significant level of awareness because of the effect it has on behavior?The unconsciousness level
What are the four parts of self?Personal identify Body image Role Self-esteem
What kind of role involves no personal choice?Ascribed
What kind of role is selected by the individual?Assumed
Any event that requires change, leads to:Stress
What is stress?Nonspecific response of the body to any demand made on it
Manifestations of body image include:Stance Posture Clothing Jewelry
Maladaptive behavior is often a defense against __________.Anxiety
Anxiety arises as the the result of ___________.Inner conflict
Which events have the potential to induce anxiety?Threats to physical integrity Threats to self-esteem and insults to the identity
What is the response to anything that interferes with goal-directed activity?Frustration
What happens when adaptive behavior fails?Anxiety increases
What is role integration?Performing several ascribed roles at the same time
When was the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Hospital established?1731
What year did Dorthea Dix bring awareness to mental health?1882
What year did the Committee for Mental Health form?1909
When did OBRA pass?1981